Celestial will be returning in it’s original rougelite state.
Because a platformer isn’t as cool as a rougelite.
Also Quantum Zone this weekend.
I wonder what I’ll announce…
Celestial will be returning in it’s original rougelite state.
Because a platformer isn’t as cool as a rougelite.
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Quantum Zone
It has been almost 1 year since the last zone so it’s absolutely time for another, I’m going to release zones more frequently going forward. (Zones are announcement posts)
I have a feeling that a lot of people will like these announcements…
First Announcement
Sprite Stars
I’m going to start this zone with a bit of news about my first ever competition, Sprite Stars, here:
Sprite Stars was extremely successful in stage 1 but was not as successful in stage 2…
3 contestants did not submit anything in stage 2.
I don’t want something like this to happen again in stage 3 so to stop it I’m going to do progress checks more frequently.
Stage 3 will be different, in fact I’m going to tell you the theme right now to give you an advantage for reading this post.
The theme for stage 3 of Sprite Stars will be…
Critters
That’s right, stage 3 will overlap with the official critter jam, you will be able to submit your critter jam game to sprite stars, stage 3 will end on the same date as the critter jam.
Second Announcement
Zenith Smash
When I first made Zenith Smash I said that I would update it soon… I didn’t.
It’s first update will most likely release at the start of 2027 since I have a lot in the rest of 2026.
The update will feature the completed movesets of Astral and Pixel, an AI for single player and possibly a new fighter…the AI will probably be terrible at the game.
There will be more info on Zenith Smash in the next zone.
Third Announcement
Katandra
I said that I would release the demo for Katandra by the end of September… it’s no longer September and there is no demo.
The demo is extremely close to being finished, it will release by Thanksgivi- most of you are Americans… It will release by the start of next week.
Fourth Announcement
Critter Jam
You probably know that there is a new game jam, the Critter Jam, I will be competing in this jam using one of my existing game ideas: Glitch
Glitch will be a game about my character Spark trying to destroy a computer, you will collect various virus critters that you’ll use to fight bosses based off computer software.
Glitch will also be an important leadup to my next game…
Final Announcement
A very very very long time ago I started one of the largest projects in MakeCode history but never actually made it…
The MakeCode Journey
The MakeCode Journey is back, it has a new story, new art and actual motivation to make it.
If you’re not familiar with The MakeCode Journey, it’s a game where you famous MakeCode characters on a journey to [REDACTED] across different MakeCode dimensions such Planet Pixel, which is Diego the spheroid’s world and more.
The first dimension in The MakeCode Journey is The MakeCode Forums, for this world I made a new forum engine, take a look:
This new forum engine will have a lot of buttons to press, you can react, change the theme, change the mouse colour and even reply at any point.
Glitch will be important to The MakeCode Journey because Spark is one of the main villains of game so you’ll want to know more about him.
The MakeCode Journey is scheduled to release in December.
That’s it for this zone, I hope you liked the announcements, have a good day.
-Astral
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Cool! Can’t wait for Katandra and the Makecode Journey!
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There was a game for one of the other game jams called Glitch that one first place. I think time game jam.
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Oh yeah I forgot about that…
I might call this Glitched now.
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Procedurally generated platformer roguelike like my goat my god Dead Cells
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How did you do the game jam winner text I’m guessing image mapping
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It’s just a normal animated image.
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oh i was thinking to hard ig
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I’m scared for the number of sprites in this game
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There are like 20.
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only 20 for the ui nice job
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